Support and opener for fluid dispensing containers



g- 1940. G. B. APPLEGATE 2210,7

SUPPORT AND OPENER FOR FLUID DISPENSING CONTAINERS Filed June 3, 1939 INVENTOR. reo/zge/ 5R), BY

Patented Aug. 6, 1940 UNITED? (STATES SUPPORT AND OPENER FOR. FLUID DISPENSING CONTAINERS George Bl'Applegate, Pennsville, N. J.

ApplicationJune 3; 1939. Serial No. 277,285v

3 Claims. (o1. 22'1 2s) My inventionrelates broadly to dispensing containers and more particularly to the construction of a'support and opener for sealed metallic-containers for fluid in' combination with means for adjustably directing the fluid from the container.

One of the objects-of my invention is to provide a construction of manually controllable device for supporting and aperturinga sealed container and delivering fluid therefrom.

ll)" Another object of my invention is to provide a construction of manually controllable device having means for detachably securing a sealed metallic container in position, aperturing the container and confining the fluid contents fromthe container into a stream in any desired direction.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a manually controllable device having an angularly shiftable spout connected therewith adapted to be moved beneath a sealed liquid con- 20* tainer which may be both supported and apertured by the manually controllable device for delivering the fluid contents in a confined stream in a desired direction.

Other and further objects of my invention re- 25' side in a simplified and inexpensive construction of support and opener for fluid dispensing containers as set forth more fully in the specification hereinafter following by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

30 Figure 1 is a side elevational' v1ewofthesup port and opener for fluid dispensing containers constructed in accordance with my invention and illustrating the means for confining the stream which isangularly shiftable over a relatively Wide 35" range of positions; Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the device of my invention. illustrated on a somewhat larger scale; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device, the stream confining means being broken away'at one side; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the device of my invention; Fig; 5 is a fragmentary sectional View showing the device of my. invention in the position which it occupies when the sealed rnetallic container is apertured to release the fluid 45 contents for delivery to the funnel which confines the stream of fluid. in the desiredzdirection; Fig.

6 is a fragmentary transverse sectional'view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 1; Fig. '7 is a. fragmentary vertical sectional view on line |-l of' Fig. 4;

5 Fig. 8 is a pictorial view showing. the device of my invention in operation for filling the crankcase of an engine; and Fig; 9 is a transverse sectional view through the. cutting element taken on line 9--9 of Fig. 4. p

5'. My invention is directed. to a simplified construction of an angularly controllable device adapted to support a sealed metallic receptacle with means for aperturing the receptacle and directing the fluid contents thereof in a confined stream. The device of my invention is particu- 5 larly useful in filling stations for dispensing oil from sealed containers for filling the crank-cases v of automobiles. The attendant grasps the device in one hand, mounts the sealed can in the support carried by the device, and actuates a cutter for 10 aperturing the can enabling oil to be delivered from the can into an angularly adjustable funnel device. The funnel device is shifted to any desired angle for directing the oil in a confined stream to the crank-case of the automobile. The device is manually operative wholly by one hand by which the sealed container may be supported and apertured'for effecting delivery of the fluid contents in a desired direction.

Referring to the drawing in detail, reference character I designates a frame member having substantially channel-shaped contour indicated generally at 2 and adapted to be grasped by the hand of the operator. A sliding handle portion indicated at 3 is disposed within the handle portion 2 and is normally urged to a position in spaced relation from the handle portion 2 by means of a spring =1 secured by the post 5 on the fixedhandle portion l and a connection 3a on the slidable handle portion 3. frame member I serves as a limit for the movement of slidable handle portion 3 away from the frame member I. That is to say, the slidable portion 3 is housed within the channel-shaped section 2 and is projected therefrom by means portions '2' and 3 is able to reciprocate handle portion 3 against the action of spring 4 by closing' the fingers of the hand under the slidable handle portion 3, whereby slidable handle portion 3 may be telescopically moved into the recess provided by'channel-shaped handle portion 2.

Fig. 5 illustrates the compressed position of the slidable portion 3 with respect to the fixed handle portion 2 from which it will be observed that slidable portion 3 carries a cutting member which serves as a means for aperturing a sealed metallic container for discharging the fluid contents therefrom. The cutting member is constituted by a cutting point H and cutting blades 12 coextensive therewith. The cutting point i l and cutting blades l2 are formed on channel member 9 which is supportedby means of bolt members [0 which'pass through the lowermost end. of slid- 55,

A stop la on the 30 able portion 3 and through spacers 6 and spacing block 8 and through the channel member 9 where the bolt members ID are engaged by nuts la. The spacers 6 extend through the slot 6a in the lower end of the frame member I and serve as a guide means for the lower end of slidable portion 3 with respect to the frame memher I. The spacers 6 so operate the spacing block 8 from the frame member I that slidable portion 3 is clear to reciprocate up and down carrying the cutting member therewith. In order to support the sealed metallic container I9 in a position in which the container may be apertured and the fluid contents delivered therefrom, I provide curved arms I5 coextensive with oppositesides of stationary frame member I. Up-turned lugs I6 are provided on arms I 5 for gripping the lower angular edge of the sealed container I4. The stationary frame member I carries a similar pair of arms I 1 adjacent the upper end of frame member I spaced from the arms I5 a distance substantially equal to the depth of the sealed container. The arms I1 have lugs I9 extending substantially at an obtuse angle with respect thereto to allow the sealed container to be readily moved into position between the sets of lugs I8 and the sets of lugs I6. For purposes of latching the sealed container in position, I provide a spring actuated latch I9 which is pivoted at 29 between a pair of outwardly projecting arms 2|. A spring member 22 engages the latch I9 tending to normally maintain the latch in the position illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.

The latch I9 has a cam-shaped lower edge 23 against which the upper peripheral edge of the sealed container I4 slidably engages as the sealed container is moved into position on the carrier allowing latch l9 to be thrust upwardly until the end thereof indicated at 24 engages beneath the beaded upper peripheral edge of the sealed container at which time the spring 22 engaged in notch 25 of latch I9 moves the lower end 24 of the latch into position, securing the beaded peripheral edge of the can against displacement.

, When the empty can is to be removed, the end of the latch I9 is depressed by the finger of the operator, retracting the engaging end 24 of the latch and allowing the sealed container to be readily removed from the support.

The stationary frame member I has a limiting stop Ia extending therethrough as previously described, forming an abutment serving to limitthe maximum projection of the slidable' portion 3. The member constituting the limiting stop Ia also serves as a pivot means for yoke member 26 and bracing members 21 which are secured at their lower ends to the funnel shaped member 28. The yoke member 26 directly connects with the upper peripheral edge of the funnel-shaped member 28 as shown at 26a while the extremities of the bracing members 2'! connect at 29 with the interior portion of the funnel-shaped member 28. The delivery spout 30 of funnel-shaped member 28 may be directed into the orifice at which the oil is to be delivered as represented generally in Fig. 8.

I have shown the device of my invention in the process of filling the crank-case of an engine in the schematic view shown in Fig. 8 where spout 30 projects into the pipe leading to the crankcase at 3I with the handle control portion and sealed container displaced at an angle thereby allowing the filling device to be used where space is congested adjacent the engine hood. The filling device may be first placed in position, selecting the proper angularity between funnel-shaped member 28 and the hand supporting device. Slidable portion 3 may then be drawn toward frame member I aperturing the sealed container by the rupturing of the can by movement of the cutting point I I and cutting blades l2 through the lower end of the can as shown in Fig. 5. The fluid contents pour from the can and are directly guided into the funnel-shaped member 28 and through the spout 30 to the place of consumption. Because of the adjustability of the funnel-shaped member in angularity, the stream loaded with a sealed container and the empty can readily removed and a renewal container readily positioned on the support. The aperturing operation is quickly performed with minimum effort and by one hand of the attendant. In confined spaces generally found about an automobile engine, the device of my invention has been found highly convenient in operation because of the wide angular sweep through which the support may be movedwith respect to the funnel-shaped member while at the same time insuring the delivery of the fluid contents to the interior of the funnel shaped member.

I have found the embodiment of my invention hereinshown and described highly practical in manufacture, production and use. However, while I have described my invention in one of its preferred embodiments, I desire that it be under stood that modifications may be made and that no limitations upon my invention are intended other than may be imposed by the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. A dispensing device comprising in combination a frame member; a yoke pivotally mounted adjacent one end of said framemember, a funnel device connected adjacent the periphery thereof with said yoke, brace members extending from the pivot point of said yoke to spaced points of support on said funnel device whereby said funnel device may be moved to various angular positions with respect to said frame member, means carried by said frame member for detachably receiving and supporting a sealed container for fluid, a cutter mounted adjacent said frame member and located substantially intermediate thesealed container for fluid and said funnel device, and means associated with said frame member for moving said cutter for rupturing said sealed container for fluid whereby the fiuid contents thereof may be discharged into said funnel device when said funnel device is shifted to a desired angular position with respect to said frame member.

2. A dispensing device comprising in combination a frame member, a yoke pivotally mounted adjacent one end of said frame member, a funnel device connected adjacent the periphery thereof with said yoke, brace members extending from the pivot point of said yoke to spaced points of'support on said funnel device whereby'said funnel device may be moved to various angular positions with respect to said frame member, means carried by said frame member for detachably receiving and supporting a sealed container for .L uid, a cutter mounted adjacent said frame member and located substantially intermediate the sealed container for fluid and said funnel device, and a reciprocative member slidable with respect to said frame member, spring means for normally maintaining said reciprocative member in spaced relation to a portion of said frame member, means for supporting said cutter on said reciprocative member whereby said reciprocative member may be manually moved with respect to a portion of said frame member for shifting said cutter and rupturing said sealed container for fluid for discharging fluid contents therefrom into said funnel member with said funnel shaped member in a selected angular position 20 with respect to said frame member.

3. A dispensing device comprising a frame member of substantially channel shaped contour terminating in a hand grip portion, a slidable member telescopically disposed within the channel shaped frame member and terminating in a complementary hand grip portion adjacent said first mentioned hand grip portion, -means for detachably receiving and mounting a sealed container for fluid on said frame member, a funnel shaped device pivotally mounted adjacent the end of said frame member substantially beneath said sealed fluid container, and a detachable cutter device mounted on said shiftable member in a position intermediate said funnel shaped device and said container and operative for'rupturing said container when said hand grip portions are moved toward each other for discharging fluid into said funnel shaped device in any one of its selected angular positions with respect to said frame member.

GEORGE B. APPLEGATE. 

